Football League Talking Points From This Weekend


Trotters finally out of the tracks












Trotters finally out of the tracks
We take a look back at the standout moments of the Football League this weekend.
Rain curtails Charlton misery
Tipped by many to be potential Championship dark horses, the early stages of the season has seen Charlton look more like relegation material than promotion chasers. Having picked up just a single point from their opening three fixtures, none of which could be viewed at the tougher end of the difficulty scale – they then found themselves three goals down to newly promoted Doncaster inside 23 minutes.
From Arsenal to Chesterfield; Luis Boa Morte certainly did the rounds during his playing career in England.
The news that Luis Boa Morte had agreed a short term deal at League Two side Chesterfield was not simply it was a shock because it reminded everyone that Boa Morte was indeed still playing, but simply because of the level that one time Portugal international had dropped down to.
With regard to Huddersfield's League One game home game with Chesterfield on Boxing Day, all my research pointed to a home victory as a side with just two defeats in 46 league outing met the team at the bottom of the division with no league wins in 12.
I have to say, Leon Clarke’s hat-trick for Chesterfield against Carlisle did make me smile. My joy for Clarke had nothing to do with any personal feelings towards the on-loan striker, it was more a case of how it went down with his parent club Swindon Town.
After Wednesday were relegated, Sheffield United couldn’t bare another season without the Steel City Derby, so got themselves relegated.
Oh Joey, deluded Joey. Joey Barton, a man who has become synonymous within his own country for violence and scandal, rather than the trade which he is apparently at the top of.
When you're covering a football match in which you don't know too much about the two teams and don't really have any preference who wins, the thing you want more than anything is a decent contest.